Bed-spring-supporting frame.



M1 SLEBTH.

BED SPRING SUPPORTING FRAME.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR. 22, 1913.

1,070,298. Patented Aug. 12, 1913.

COLUMBIA PLANOIJRAPH c0.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

lLlTED STATE PATNT FIC.

MONTGOMERY SLEETI-I, OF BELLEVUE BOROUGH, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO FORTPITT BEDDING COMPANY, OF PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OFPENNSYLVANIA.

BED-SPRING-SUPPORTING FRAME.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MONTGOMERY SLEETI-I, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the borough of Bellevue, in the county of Alleghenyand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBed-Spring-Supporting Frames; and I do hereby declare the following tobe a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to bed-spring-supporting frames.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple and efficientbedspring-supporting frame which can be hung from and used with metal orwooden bed-steads of varying sizes, will permit adjustability, when usedwith either, and will enable the parts for connecting with thebed-steads to be held rigidly when used on either style of suchbedsteads.

To these ends my invention consists, generally stated, in the novelarrangement, construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter morespecifically set forth and described and particularly pointed out in theclaims.

To enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains toconstruct and use my improved bed-spring-supporting frame, I willdescribe the same more fully, referring to the accompanying drawing, inwhich Figure 1 is a plan view showing my invention applied to a frameformed in two sections and in an open position with the spring removedfrom one section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same in its closedup position. Fig. 3 is an enlarged crosssection, showing the manner ofapplication to the rails of a bedstead. Fig. 1 is an enlarged detailperspective view of one of the frame supporting members.

Like symbols of reference herein indicate like parts in each of thefigures of the draw is illustrated in the drawing, 1 represents theupper frame, which is shown in two sections 2 and joined together by thehinges 3, connecting the middle bars 4 of the frame. The rectangularlower or spring supporting frame 5 is provided with the cross-bars 6,and between the frames fl and 5 are located the helical springs 7 whichare connected Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 22, 1913.

Patented Aug. 12,1913.

Serial No. 756,271.

at the lower ends to the frame 5 and cross bars 6, while their upperends are connected to cross wires 8 carried by the frame 4.

Slidably and pivotally connected to the cross-bars 6 are the hangers orsupporting members 9, for connecting the frame 5 to the side rails 10 ofa bed, as shown in Fig. 3, and such members are formed of the straps orstirrups 11, which are slidably and pivotally mounted in slots 12 inthe. crossbars 6 and end port-ions of the frame 5 by means of aflattened projection or extension 11 on each end of said stirrups. Theslots 12 are enlarged at their outer ends in the form of a circular holeor opening 13, and the width of the projections 11 are substantially thesame as such openings, while the thickness of such projections aresubstantially the same as said slots to form bearing surfaces for theprojections in said openings and slots in moving along the same.

A washer 1 1 is interposed between the ends of the stirrups 11 and thebars 6 and end portions of the frame 5 and around the projections 11 onsaid stirrups, while centrally of each stirrup is fixed a hanger 15 bymeans of a rivet 16 and such hanger is provided with a hooked end 17 InFig. 2 the hangers are shown as being swung around and extendinginwardly toward the center of the frame 5, and when the hangers are inthis position the spring is ready for packing, storing, or shipping ormay be used in connection with a wooden bed by opening up the sections 2and resting the cross-bars 6 and side rails 5 of the frame upon thewooden slats of the bed, as the hangers in such position will notinterfere with the side rails of the bed.

When the device is to be used in connection with a metal bed, thehangers are swung outwardly to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 3 andtheir hooked ends 17 are engaged with the side rails 10 of the bed.

In case of any variance in the sizes of the beds as frequently happenswith beds of different manufacturers, the hangers may be shifted oradjusted, which movement is permitted by the slots 12 in the cross-bars6 and ends of the frame 5 through which the projections 11 on thestirrups 11 by which the hangers are supported extend, while theopenings 13 at the ends of said slots will permit the turning of thehangers to either their outward or inward positions when the projectionsare within the same, and yet allow for the shifting or adjustment of thehangers for different sized beds, when the projections are in the slots.

It will be evident that my improved construction can be used inconnection with a single bed-spring frame, and that variousmodifications and changes may be made in the construction of the devicewithout departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing any ofits advantages.

It will thus be seen that the hangers will be positive in their actionand will. not re quire the friction against the sides of the slats orcross-bars and end portions of the frame to hold them in position eitherin their use on a metal or wooden bed as in some constructions and thatwhen the hangers are in engagement with the slots they are locked inposition to prevent them from turning, while at the same time they arepermitted to shift or adjust themselves for the slight variance in sizeof different manufacturers beds. The construction of the frame will alsodispense with some parts generally employed in these devices and will becheaper and simpler to manufacture, while at the same time there will beno parts subject to wear or adjustment and therefore less liable to getout of order.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patentis 1. In combination a bedspring-supporting frame provided with slotshaving en largements at the end of the same, stirrups independentlymovable 011 said frame and adapted to be slidably and pivotally mountedin said slots and enlargements, said slots preventing rotation and saidenlargements providing for rotation of said stirrups, and hangers onsaid stirrups for engaging with a bed to support said frame.

2. In combination a bedspring-supporting frame provided with slotshaving enlargements at the end of the same, stirrups independentlymovable on said frame and having extensions thereon for slidably andpivotally mounting said stirrnps in said slots and enlargements, saidslots preventing rotation and said enlargements providing for rotationof said stirrups, and hangers on said stirrups for engaging with a bedto support said frame.

3. In combination a becl-sp1'iii -si1pporting frame provided with slotshaving enlargements at the end of the same, stirrups independentlymovable on said frame and having flatextensions on the ends of the 'samefor slidably and pivotally mounting said stirrups in said slots andenlargements, said slots preventing rotation and said enlargementsproviding for rotation of said stirrups, and hangers on said stirrupsfor engaging with a bed to support said frame.

4. In combination a bed-spring-supporting frame provided with slotshaving enlargements at the end of the same, means independently movableon said frame and adapted to be slidably and pivotallymounted in saidslots and enlargements, said slots preventing rotation and saidenlargements providing for rotation of said means, and hangers on saidmeans for engaging with a bed to support said frame.

5. In combination a bed-spring-supporting frame provided with slotshaving enlargements at the end of the same, means independently movableon said frame and having extensions thereon for slidably and pivotallymounting said means in said slots and enlargements, said slotspreventing rotation and said enlargements providing for rotation of saidmeans, and hangers on said means for engaging with a bed to support saidframe.

6. In combination a bed-spring-supporting frame provided with slotshaving on largements at the end of the same, means independently movableon said frame and having flat extensions on the ends of the same forslidably and pivotally mounting said means in said slots andenlargements, said slots preventing rotation and said enlargementsproviding for rotation of said means, and hangers on said means for e11-gaging with a bed to support said frame.

In testimony whereof, I the said Mona GOMERY Snnn'rn have hereunto setmy hand.

MONTGOMERY SLEETH.

lVitnesses 'l. B. HUMrHRms, J. N. Coonn.

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